Picking-sack



W. T. IVICDEARIVION.

PICKING SACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, i919.

Patent-ed Nov. 18, 1919.

WILLIAM THOMAS MCDEARMON, OE DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE.

IPICKINGr-SACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Application filed September 4, 1919. Serial No. 321,606.

T0 all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM THOMAS MCDEARMON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dyersburg, in the county of Dyer and State of Tennessee, have invented a' new and useful PickingeSack, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a sack of the kind used in connection with the picking of cotton, peas and the like. The sack is of that general type in which one end is secured about the neck of the picker, the other end of the sack dragging on the ground.

The invention aims to provide novel means whereby the sack may be turned end for end, and reversed side for side, thereby lengthening the life of the sack when the end thereof becomes worn, due to contact with the ground.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devicesl of that type to which the invention appertains.

Within the scope of what is claimed, a canvas-worker may make changes, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings t-Figure 1 shows the sack in plan, parts being broken away;

Fig. Q is a section on the line .2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmental elevation showing a portion of the inside of the sack; u

Fig. 4 is a plan showing the sack after it has been cut apart and reversed.

The sack forming the subject matter of this application is of tubular form, and is from seven to nine feet long, ordinarily, so that, when one end of the sack is attached to the neck of the picker, the other end of the sack will drag upon the ground. The sack includes a body 1 closed at one end, as indicated at 2, and provided at its other end lwith flaps 3, the corners of which are turned in as shown at A, and provided with reinforcements 5 carrying eyes 6, the parts being suitably stitched as show-n at 7. Reinforcements 8 are stitched at 9 to the sack at the sides thereof and at the inner ends of the flaps 3.

The body 1 of the sack is completed by a longitudinal line of stitching, shown at 10, and located inwardly of the reinforcements 8.

Reinforcements 11 are stitched to both sides of the sack and carry eyes 12. The reinforcements being located relatively near to the closed end 2 of the sack, but being spaced a short distance therefrom. Adjacent to the reinforcements 11, the body 1 of the sack is provided with a transverse stitching le, eX- tended across the sack. Converging lines 15 of stitching are formed in both walls of the body 1 and lead from points adjacent to the edges of the sack, to the reinforcements 11, there being a transverse line 16 of stitching,

in each wall of the body 1, connecting the' reinforcements 11.- Lines 17 of stitching extend inwardly from the inner ends of the lines 15 of stitching. The invention includes a sling 18 carrying reinforcements 19provided with hooks 20.

In practical operation, the hooks 2O of the sling 18 are engaged with the eyes 6 on. one of the flaps 3, the other flap hanging open, the sling being engaged around the neck of the picker, and the end 2 of the sack dragging on the ground. After a time, the groundengaging` end of the sack becomes worn and the sack, ordinarily, and as commonly constructed, is thrown away. In the present embodiment of the invention, the iaps 3 are turned in and sewed, to close the flapcarrying end of the sack, as shown at 25. The lower end of the sack is then cut ofi along Va line 26, parallel to the stitchings 15 and 16, and thus there are formed new flaps 27, carrying the eyes 12. rFhe sack may now be turned end for end, the hooks Q0 of the sling 18 being engaged with the eyes 12.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the sack may not only be reversed sidewise, but end for end as well, thereby providing four surfaces for contact with the ground.

After the sack has been cut along the line 26 to forni the flaps 27, the stitchings at 17, 15 and 16 serve to strengthen the iaps formed by the aforesaid cutting.

I claim A sack of the class described, closed at one end and provided at its other end with iaps having sling-engaging devices, both Walls of the sack loeing,` provided with second slingengaging devices, the second sling-engaging devices being located relatively near to the closed end of the sack but in spaced relation thereto, whereby the closed end of the sack may be cut off outwardly of said second sling-engaging devices, when Worn, to Jform new flaps, the rst Specifiedi iiaps being turned in and connected to form a new re- 10 inforced closed end for the sack.

In testimony7 that I claim the 'foregoing as my oivn, I have hereto aiXed iny signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM THOMAS MCDEARMON.

Witnesses CLIFTON ROGERS, DEWEY L. VILLIAMS. 

